Greetings, I'm teaching a "Society and Information Technology in Second Life" course again this fall in the amphitheater on Berkman island on Wednesday evenings from 7:00 - 9 ET, 1600-1800 SLT : http://socinfotech.pbwiki.edu. This course draws on long time Berkeley Professor Manuel Castells' examination of the Network Society, and offers ways to analyze significant aspects of the information technology revolution. In this evening's class, we'll finish examining what gave rise to the information technology revolution - microelectronics, computers, and telecommunications - and then begin to look at the history of the Internet. Watch the videos linked to the wiki above, and let me know if you would like me to send you some of the readings for this week and next, mentioned below. Second Life shapes the possibility for rich discussion - and at-large participation is welcome - so come and join this conversation, tonight and subsequently. See you in-world, Scott Manuel Castells, "The Rise of the Network Society," 2nd edition, Oxford: Blackwell, 2000, Chapter 1: "The Information Technology Revolution," pp. 28- 76. Janet Abbate, "Inventing the Internet," Cambridge: MIT Press, 1999, pages 1-6, 44-81, and 181-220. -- http://scottmacleod.com This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this email message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and destroy/delete all copies of the transmittal. Thank you.